Information Processing in Medical Imaging: Proceedings of the 9th conference, Washington D.C., 10–14 June 1985

From Medical Images to the Biometrics of Form.- Human Visual Signal Detection and Identification Performance.- An Image Description for Object Definition, Based on Extremal Regions in the Stack.- Some Aspects of MR Image Processing and Display: Simulation Studies, Multiresolution Segmentation and Adaptive Histogram Equalization.- Tissue Type Identification by MRI Using Pyramidal Segmentation and Intrinsic Parameters.- Simulation Techniques for Evaluating Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- The Development of a Command Language and Meta-Language in Nuclear Medicine Processing Systems, Using Forth.- Prolog for Symbolic Image Analysis.- Recent Developments in Applied Potential Tomography-APT.- The Design and Performance of a Digital Ionographic Imaging System.- Application of Information Processing Techniques to Ophthalmic Imaging.- Visualization of the Oxygenation State of Brain and Muscle in Newborn Infants by Near Infra-Red Transillumination.- The Use of Set Theory and Cluster Analysis to Investigate the Constraint Problem in Factor Analysis in Dynamic Structures (FADS).- Factor Analysis: Its Place in the Evaluation of Ventricular Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities.- Adaptive Frequency-Domain Filtering of Dynamic Scintigraphies.- Application of the Fourier Descriptors Method for Plane Closed Curves to the Analysis of Sequences of Left Ventricular Contours in Cardiac Radionuclide Angiographies.- Thyroid Tomography Using a Seven Pinhole Collimator.- Strategies for Informative Displays of Blood Vessels Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data.- Pulsatile Blood Flow Measurements with the Aid of 3-D Reconstructions from Dynamic Angiographic Recordings.- Correlation Methods for Tomographic Images Using Two and Three Dimensional Techniques.- A New Approach to Double Tracer Studies.- Some Maximum Likelihood Methods Useful for the Regional Analysis of Dynamic Pet Data on Brain Glucose Metabolism.- The Development and Assessment of a Computer Aid for Use in the Diagnosis of Cerebral Disease.- An Editor for the Acquisition of Medical Expert Knowledge: Function and Use shown by an Automatic Knowledge-based System for the Analysis of Heart Scintigrams.- Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization Using a Diagnostic Expert System.- Automatic Segmentation of Coronary Vessels from Digital Subtracted Angiograms: A Knowledge-Based Approach.- Utilization of Non-Negativity Constraints in Reconstruction of Emission Tomograms.- Image Reconstruction in Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography.- Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Vascular Beds.- A Systematic Approach to the Design of Diagnostic Systems for Nuclear Medicine.- Spect Imaging Required for Radioimmunotherapy Dosimetry Investigations: Importance of Collimation in Development of Mathematical Models to Correct for Recovery Coefficient (RC) Dependence on Object Size, Photon Energy and Background.- Methodology for Predicting the Performance of Different PET Camera Designs.- A Technique for Scattered Event Compensation in a PET System Using TOF Information.- Analysis and Display of Medical Images Obtained with the Hidac Positron Camera.- A Colorful Alternative to Digital Subtraction.- Image Data Compression Techniques Applicable to Image Networks.- Design Criteria for a Data Base Management System for a PACS at Georgetown University Hospital.- Design Considerations for a Neuroradiologic Picture Archival and Image Processing Workstation.- Participants.- Proceedings of previous IPMI conferences.